Gunnar Bentz corroborates Conger’s statement that the the swimmers didn’t even go to the bathroom at all!

After attending an event with several swimmers from different nations, I left in a taxicab along with U.S. swimmers Jack Conger, Jimmy Feigen and Ryan Lochte around 6 a.m. On the way back to the Olympic Village, we pulled into a convenience store to use the restroom. There was no restroom inside, so we foolishly relieved ourselves on the backside of the building behind some bushes. There was a locked door out back and I did not witness anyone breaking it open. I am unsure why, but while we were in that area, Ryan pulled to the ground a framed metal advertisement that was loosely anchored to the brick wall. I then suggested to everyone that we needed to leave the area and we returned to the taxi. Two men, whom I believe to have been security guards, then instructed us to exit the vehicle. No guns were drawn during this exchange, but we did see a gun tucked into one of the guard’s waistband. As Jimmy and Jack were walking away from the vehicle, the first security guard held up a badge to me and drew his handgun. I yelled to them to come back toward us and they complied. Then the second guard drew his weapon and both guards pointed their guns at us and yelled at us to sit on a nearby sidewalk. Again, I cannot speak to his actions, but Ryan stood up and began to yell at the guards. After Jack and I both tugged at him in an attempt to get him to sit back down, Ryan and the security guards had a heated verbal exchange, but no physical contact was made.

Remember the guy who helped translate for Conger, Lochte, Bentz, Jimmy Feigen and friends? His name is Fernando Deluz. He confirms the guards pulled a gun on the swimmers. Here’s what he had to say to USA Today:

As soon as they drew their weapon, that’s when I got worried. It was also so fast, and what I wanted was to resolve the situation. If it hadn’t been for wanting to resolve that, if I hadn’t involved myself, I thought – the police chief told me, ‘Man, if you hadn’t gone there in that moment, a tragedy could have occurred.’

I wonder what the police chief was thinking when he said “tragedy?” Could it have been the murder of an American Olympian?

Bentz backs up Lochte and Conger’s story about the police officers refusing to let them go until they paid them:

In a statement released Friday, Bentz confirmed police accounts that indicated Lochte damaged a sign during the incident and got into a “heated exchange” with the guards. But Bentz, who said authorities viewed him as a witness and never a suspect in the case, offered a narrative that closely matches Lochte’s revised account that he gave to Lauer three days after the incident. Bentz said his recollection was that money was demanded from the Americans by armed men in order for the swimmers to be allowed to leave.

Bentz reinforced the truth of his story, “I never made a false statement to anyone at any time.” This echoes Conger who said, ” I have been completely truthful in my statements throughout this unfortunate situation, including the information I provided to US officials before leaving Brazil.”

To top it off, the Rio police pulled the same stunt with a much higher return. They held the fourth Olympic Swimmer Jimmy Feigen ransom for $10,800.

What did our media do? They threw our AMERICAN athletes under the bus and let a 3rd world, corrupt country run roughshod all over them. They might as well have been in cahoots with the Rio authorities because of their gross negligence and utter incompetence.

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H/T: Hot Air